Corn-husking machine.



S. GERMAN.

001m HUSKING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 17,1912.

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APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 20, 1912.

INVENTOR s. GERMAN. CORN HUSKING MACHINE.

I APPLICATION FILED FEILZO, 1912. 1 ,O47,783, Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

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[N VEN T 012 WITNESSESI\ I V M S. GERMAN.

CORN HUSKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.20, 1912.

1,047,783, Patented Dec. 1?, i912.

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43 J? J J1 4 WITNESSES INVENTOR Unionville in the county of Frederickand State of Maryland, have invented certain is'a specification.

Y machine, of this class which will be strong,

. simple and economical inconstruction, efli-- ,sists in the improvedconstruction, arrange- ,cally describe a preferred embodiment of I ingsin whioh+ part of the fan and casing broken away and en the plane"indicated by. the" broken line tionary but I prefer to make it 55',Wl11Ch is mounted a longitudinal boxed in described and afterwardspecificallyclaimed.

Fig. 3 represents a transversepvertical sectional view taken on theplane indicated by the broken I line 3-3 of eward theright asindicatedby'the arrows,

ture upon a frame work beams 12 and 13, 15 carrying'front 7,construction and provided with a suitable 'fifth UNITED STATES-PATENToFFIoEQ v 1 JsoLo oN GERM N, or nNIoNvILLE, MARYLAND.

conn-nnsxrns MACHINE; I

1,047,783. specifieation of'IleflersPetent- 'Pate11ted Deo. 17,1912.

filed February 20, 1912. Serial No. 678,859.

frame 21, and at the top of each side'of which is a beam 22 formingtracks upon which are mounted the wheels 23 of a car or truck 24in thebody ofwhich is carried the corn tobe husked whereby'the supply ofmaterial may be. moved longitudinally relation to the operatingmechanism to be hereinafter described. 1 v The mechanism offmy'invention may be driven by any suitable engine or motorand I haveillustrated a gas engine 25 for the Application To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that'I, SoLoMoN GERMAN, a itlzen of the United States,residing at new and useful Improvements in Corn? IIuskingMach'nes, ofwhich the following This invention relates to corn-husking machines andhas forits object to provide a inoperation, not liable to :get out oforder in ordinary use, and easy torepair when necessary. e I e I 7 *Withthis idea in vie the invention concient and reliable englne may' be of cany ,vided with a shaft 26 wheels 27 motor or and forming no part of theinvention. The shaft 26 carries a pulley 28 connected by. a belt 29 witha pulley 30 on a shaft 31; mounted in suitable bearings 32 on acrossbeam with the usual fly mounted thereon, the particular mentandcombination of the parts of a corn-husker which will be hereinafterfully In order that the construction and operation of the inventionmaybe readily com the platform 20, cross beams 36 which conprehended, Iwill now proceed to specifinect these posts at their upper ends, servingto support a table 37 for purposes'hereit as illustrated in theaccompanying drawlnafter to be described. on the shaft 31 is pulley 40on a shaft41 journaled in bearings 42 :mounted on thetable, 37 upon theinner end of which shaft41 is fixed a circular knife 43 having on itsinner face at the center thereof," aspiral knife or blade 44, thecircular knife projecting through 45 in the table 37.

In the table adjacent to the spiral and circular knives is an opening46and. from the bottom or the table opening ,depends suitable supports(comprising bolts 47 on which are sleeves 48) for a bar 49 in which. aremounted slidable u rights 50 passing upward above the table through Ithe opening 46 and rest 51 at their upper ends, rounding each upright50and bearing at its end against'the bar 49 and hand rest 51 whereby thelatter is yieldingly supported in'its hlghest position, in front of thespiral knife44. w,

J In the table 37 at a shortfdistance from the knives, is a hopper 53having a cylindri- Flgure 1' represents a plan "view with a.

other parts shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2 represents a view partly inlongitudinal vertical section and partly in side elevation,

Fig. 1,:looking to and Fig; 4 represents a similar-view taken 4-4 ofFig. 1, looking to the left as indicated by the arrows, parts beingbroken Like reference characters mark the same parts in" all of thefigures of the drawings. My'improved machine may be made staportable andfor this purpose I support the whole 'stru'c- 1 comprising longiand 11supported on cross mounted on axles 14and wheels 16 and rear wheelsorming a wagon .or' vehicle of ordinary tudinal beams 10 spoutedepend aH wheel 18 and tongue '19, whereby it may be hauled from place to place.

Upon the'longitudlnal beams 10 and 11 is supported a platform 20, uponone s1de of ends and provided with inwardly projecting knobs or pegs 56,said armsassuming normally the form cated cone from engine being amatter of choice cal spout 54 below the table from which plurality ofyielding arms 55 inclined toward each other at their-lower with purposemounted on the platform 20, which preferrcdjtype pro- 33 connectingvertical posts 34 rising from k .80 a pulley 38 connected by abelt39with at a slot 4 atthe edges of said 7 carrying a hand 7 a sprlng 52surof a skeleton inverted trun- Y which one or more arms are chargingthrough an lacking on one side, said arms being opposite a disk 57provided with like knobs or pegs'58 and fixed on a shortcounter shaft 59journaled in bearings 60 depending from the under side of the table 37.This counter shaft '59 carries a pulley 61 connected by a belt 62 with apulley 63 on the shaft 31.

Beneath the table 37 and inclosing that part of the circular knife 43which projects below the table is a. trough 64 having one end outside ofsaid knife, as at 65, closed, and inclined downward toward anddisopening 66 into a box 67 depending from the table and inclosing theknobbed arms 55 and disk 57 as well as one of the bearings 60 of thecounter shaft 59, said shaft passing through one side of the box. Fromthis box 67 extends laterally a spout 68 inclined downwardly anddischarging into the box 21 on the track frame.

At the end of the box 67 opposite the spout 68, and at the lower end ofthe inclined bottom of the box is an opening 69 into which projects thedischarge mouth 70 of a casing 71 which incloses a fan 72 mounted on ashaft 7 3 which carries a pulley 7 4: connected by a belt 75 with apulley 76 on the shaft 31.

Bolted to the platform 20 is a shelf 77 upon the top of which arepivoted two links 78 which are pivotally connected at their upper endsto the under side of an inclined spout 7 9 below and inclined away fromthe discharge end of the box 67, said spout being perforated at 80 inits center portion for a short distance and connected at its upper endsto the outer end of a rod 81 projecting from bands 82 around aneccentric 83 on the shaft 31. Mounted below the perforated portion ofthe spout 79 is a hopper 8a supported in an opening in the shelf 77 andprovided at its lower end with a cylindrical discharge spout 85 uponwhich is provided hooks 86 upon which to hang a bag or other receptacle87 said spout being provided with a sliding valve 88.

The operatlon of my machine may be described as follows: The corn in thehusks being contained in the truck body 24: it is passed to, or takenfrom the truck by, the operator standing upon the platform between thetruck and the operating mechanism, who presents it, butt forward to theaction of the circular knife 43, which cuts off the butt end and leavesthe husk simply wrapped on the ear and unconnected at the butt. The earthus prepared is rested upon the hand rest 51 and pressed down with saidrest against the upward pressure of the springs 52 until the ear iscentered with relation to the spiral blade eta when it is pressedendwise against that knife which loosens up the ends of the husks andperfects the operation begun by the circular knife. The ear, with theloosened husks upon it is passed downward through the hopper 53 betweenthe bars 55, and

comes in contact with the disk 57 on that side where a bar is missing.The rotation of the disk rotates the ear held between the bars 55 andstrips the loosened husks off the cob, when the husks are blown by thefan through the spout 68 into the box 21. The stripped ears are fed downby the disk 57 upon the inclined bottom of the box 67 whence they passout at 69 upon the shaking trough 7 9 from which they are dischargedinto any suitable receptacle. The grains of corn which have beenshattered off the ears drop down and pass out at 69 upon the shakingtrough 79 and pass through the perforations 80 into the bag 87, or otherreceptacle.

The construction and operation of my invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing and it will be obvious to those skilled inthe art to which my invention most nearly appert-ains that many changesand variations may be made in the construction of the various parts, andin the manner of connecting and operating them, without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. In a corn husker, arotating circular cutter for severing the butts ofthe ears from the mainbody thereof and a knife secured thereon and arranged spirally aroundits axis for loosening the husks on the ears.

2. In a corn husker the combination of a circular rotary knife, a spiralblade centrally arranged on one side thereof and a vertically yieldinghand rest in front of the spiral blade.

3. In a corn husker the combination of a table having an openingtherein, a circular knife having on one side a spiral blade a barsupported below the opening in the table, and a yielding hand rest infront of the spiral knife and supported on said bar.

4. In a corn husker the combination of a table having an openingtherethrough, a hopper above the table, a spout from the hopperprojecting through, below the table, a series of yielding arms dependingfrom 115 the spout and provided with inwardly projecting knobs, andmeans for rotating an ear of cornbetween the bars.

5. In a corn husker the combination of a 9 table having an openingtherethrough, a 121 hopper above the table, a spout from the hopperprojecting through and below the table, a series of arms depending fromthe spout and provided with inwardly projecting knobs, said arms havingan opening be- 12 tween them on one side thereof, a vertical disk havingknobs onits face at the opening between the arms, and means for rotatingthe disk.

6. In a corn husker the combination of a 12 table having an openingtherethrough, a "below the disk andarms, and a fan arranged 10 hopperabove the table, a spout from the todischarge'a current of air throughhopper projecting through and below the box toward one of the dischargeopenings. ta 1e, a series of arms depending from the spout and providedwith inwardly projecting knobs a vertical disk having knobs on its facepositioned and adapted to rotate in an opening between the arms, a boxhaving a discharge opening at each end and located p n testimony whereofI p in presence of two witnesses.

' SOLOMON GERMAN; 1

Witnesses: v

E. WALTON BREwINe'roN, MARY M. MAGRAW.

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